Caribbean Chocolate Rum Cake

Name: Caribbean Chocolate Rum Cake
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: Makes: 1 x 23cm/9in cake
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 1 tsp vanilla extract; 2 tbsp dark or light rum; 2 tbsp dark or light rum; 250 g/9 oz/1¼ cups caster (granulated) sugar; 6 medium eggs, lightly beaten; 150 g/5½ oz/⅔ cup butter, softened, plus extra for greasing; 300 g/10½ oz/2⅓ cups icing (confectioners’) sugar; 100 ml/3½ fl oz/scant ½ cup double (heavy) cream; 100 g/3½ oz dark (bittersweet) chocolate, broken into pieces; 25 g/1 oz/2 tbsp butter, chopped; 225 g/8 oz/2 cups ground almonds; 3 tbsp chopped candied stem ginger; 2 tbsp dark rum; 225 g/8 oz dark (bittersweet) chocolate, melted and cooled slightly

Preparation info

Makes:
1 x 23 cm

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 15

Appears in

Everybody Loves Chocolate

By Jennifer Donovan

Published 2024

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Ingredients

150 g/5½ oz/⅔ cup butter, softened, plus extra for greasing
250

Americas
United States
Gluten-free
Vegetarian
Caribbean
Cake

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/gas 4. Grease a 23 cm/9 in springform